Effects of oxytocin administration and the dog–owner bond on dogs’ rescue behavior

Dzik, Marina Victoria; Carballo, Fabricio; Casanave, Emma Beatriz; Bentosela, Mariana

doi:10.1007/s10071-021-01512-5

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“…The work of Dzik et al (2021) provides support for rescue behaviour being driven by emotional contagion, but not empathy. They found that administering intranasal oxytocin to dogs reduced rescue behaviour (Dzik, Carballo et al 2021). Since oxytocin is involved in stress-buffering, this suggests that recue behaviour is indeed driven by emotional contagion (dog stress), but not empathy (human stress).…”

Section: Behavioural Response To Human Facial and Auditory Emotional ...mentioning

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Emotional contagion in the human/dog dyad - physiological and cognitive consequences, and implications for pain management: A scoping review

Walt

Parker

2023

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Objective The objective of this scoping review is to explore the implications of human-dog dyadic interactions on canine chronic pain, by investigating the mediating role of human emotion on the affective and behavioural states of dogs typically associated with canine pain. Introduction: Canine chronic osteoarthritis pain causes significant burden of disease in pet dog populations. It is understood that chronic pain is complex and multidimensional, with poor correlation between disease severity and functional disability. Interactions with their human caregivers have measurable effects of affective and physiological states in dogs. A better understanding of how these interactions may affect functional disability in dogs with osteoarthritis pain will inform patient management approaches. Inclusion criteria: This review included studies evaluating behavioural, physiological, affective or cognitive changes in dogs, within a human-dog dyad, in response to human caregiver behaviour, personality or emotion. Methods The databases searched included PUBMED, SCOPUS, CINAHL, SOCINDEX, PSYCHARTICLES AND PSYCHINFO, and articles were screened by two independent reviewers for assessment against the inclusion criteria for the review. Results 55 Full text articles were included in the results. Conclusions The data support the hypothesis that human affective states influence canine affect, physiology, cognition and behavioural adaptation.

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Section: Behavioural Response To Human Facial and Auditory Emotional ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Emotional contagion in the human/dog dyad - physiological and cognitive consequences, and implications for pain management: A scoping review

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2023

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“…Particularly, it has been proven that the baseline levels of OXT were positively correlated with social gazing toward humans [19,20]. Moreover, intranasal OXT applications have enhanced the social bonding of dogs with the owner [17], the dogs' performance in following human cueing [21,22] and the willingness to rescue the owners when pretending to be trapped and stressed [23]. Overall, these last studies provide support for similar social effects of OXT in both intraspecific and interspecific social relations and suggest that OXT could have been an important keystone for the domestication process in dogs [2].…”

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Serum Oxytocin in Cows Is Positively Correlated with Caregiver Interactions in the Impossible Task Paradigm

D’Aniello

Mastellone

Pinelli

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This study explored a possible relationship between the circulating oxytocin, cortisol, and the willingness of dairy cows to engage in social behaviors with humans in an experimental context. The behaviors of twenty-nine cows were recorded during the impossible task paradigm, a procedure aimed at creating a violation of expectancy, in the presence of the caregiver and a stranger. The results showed that serum oxytocin levels were positively correlated with duration and negatively correlated with the latency of the cows’ social interactions with the caregiver. This research provides a clear correlation between circulating oxytocin and a willingness to engage in social contact with the caregiver, excluding the possible effect of different cortisol levels on such behavior.

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“…In particular, OT has been described as being involved in positive social intra-species interactions [ 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 ] and inter-species interactions, such as human-animal interactions [ 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 ]. In dog applied ethology, OT is often related to research on how a social interspecific interaction with humans [ 41 , 42 ] or social stress [ 43 ] will modify OT levels, or on the effect of OT external administration on dogs’ cognition and communication and other behaviors or aptitudes [ 21 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 ]. For instance, intranasally applied oxytocin has been shown to increase positive expectations [ 44 ], increase the use of human social cues such as pointing [ 48 ], modulate the dogs’ aggressive response to the threatening cues of a human [ 49 ], increase affiliation toward owners and conspecifics [ 38 ], increase intraspecific play behaviors [ 34 ], and influence the visual contact with the owners [ 45 , 46 ].…”

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Neurohormonal Profiles of Assistance Dogs Compared to Pet Dogs: What Is the Impact of Different Lifestyles?

Mengoli

Oliva

Mendonça

et al. 2021

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Assistance dogs must manage stress efficiently because they are involved in challenging tasks. Their welfare is currently a fundamental issue. This preliminary study aimed to compare assistance dogs (AD; n = 22) with pet dogs (PD; n = 24), using blood neuromodulator indicators to help find biomarkers that can improve the AD breeding, selection, training, and welfare monitoring. Both populations originated from different breeds, are of different ages, and had different lifestyles. Basal peripheral concentrations of prolactin (PRL), serotonin (5-HT), free (fOT) and total (tOT) oxytocin were measured by immunoassays. Multiple linear regressions were performed to assess the effect of activity, age, sex, and their interactions on these parameters. Correlations between neurohormonal levels were analyzed. No interactions were significant. fOT and tOT concentrations were significantly influenced by age (p < 0.0001 and p = 0.0002, respectively) and dogs’ activity (p = 0.0006 and p = 0.0277, respectively). A tendency was observed for age effect on PRL (p = 0.0625) and 5-HT (p = 0.0548), as well as for sex effect on tOT (p = 0.0588). PRL concentrations were heterogenous among AD. fOT and tOT were significantly but weakly correlated (Pearson’s r = 0.34; p = 0.04). Blood prolactin, serotonin, and oxytocin may represent biomarkers to assess workload and chronic stress-related responses in ADs and eventually improve their selection and training.

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Effects of oxytocin administration and the dog–owner bond on dogs’ rescue behavior

Cited by 7 publications

References 55 publications

Emotional contagion in the human/dog dyad - physiological and cognitive consequences, and implications for pain management: A scoping review

Emotional contagion in the human/dog dyad - physiological and cognitive consequences, and implications for pain management: A scoping review

Serum Oxytocin in Cows Is Positively Correlated with Caregiver Interactions in the Impossible Task Paradigm

Neurohormonal Profiles of Assistance Dogs Compared to Pet Dogs: What Is the Impact of Different Lifestyles?

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